Ecosystem Builder · Shared Value Advocate · Conference Host
Empowering African businesses and entrepreneurship support organisations to achieve sustainable, impactful growth through shared value, partnership, and purposeful leadership.
A Pan-African social entrepreneur dedicated to creating ecosystems where African businesses and their communities thrive together.
Andrews Akoto-Addo (Andy) is a Pan-African social entrepreneur and ecosystem builder passionately dedicated to creating shared value across the continent.
With expertise in business development, partnership linkages, fundraising, and program management, Andy empowers African businesses and entrepreneurship support organisations through Shared Value Africa Initiative and JamiiTrade.
He is also a sought-after event host and panel moderator, known for inspiring and facilitating meaningful discussions on SME development, social entrepreneurship, digital innovation, and the AfCFTA.
From Accra to Kigali to Shenzhen, the work spans borders, sectors, and generations.
Building the infrastructure for African entrepreneurship — from startup assessment frameworks to national investor networks.
Championing the philosophy that business success and community prosperity are not trade-offs — they are the same goal.
An engaging conference host and panel moderator facilitating critical conversations at summits across Africa and beyond.
Championing a curated peer-to-peer community for SME trading in Africa, reducing barriers and expanding reach.
Through UNLEASH, facilitating innovation labs that turn 1,000 personal insights into sustainable development solutions.
Conducting tech startup maturity assessments across Ghana, connecting promising ventures to international programs.
Essays and reflections on entrepreneurship, sustainability, shared value, and the African development agenda.
Examining how small and medium enterprises across Africa can align for greater systemic change.
How African businesses can move beyond CSR and into genuine shared value creation that benefits all stakeholders.
A personal reflection on how purpose-driven leadership creates waves of change far beyond the individual.
Open to conversations about partnerships, speaking engagements, ecosystem building, and shared value opportunities across Africa.